Adjustable baffle for mowing deck
AssigneeScag Power Equipment, Inc.
InventorsDavid J. Sugden, Kevin Boeck
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Abstract
An adjustable baffle assembly that can be moveably coupled to a front flow control baffle of a lawnmower cutting deck. The adjustable baffle assembly includes a first wall that is securable to the front flow control baffle in at least a first position and a second position. In some embodiments, the adjustable baffle also includes at least one flange that extends generally rearwardly from a bottom edge of the first wall into a generally triangularly shaped space defined between adjacent cutting circles.
Claims24
An adjustable baffle for a mower deck, the mower deck including a contoured front baffle that partially defines at least one cutting chamber, the adjustable baffle comprising:
- a wall including at least one substantially linear portion and at least one arcuate portion, the wall having a contour that corresponds to at least a portion of the contoured front baffle;
- a plurality of mounting apertures defined by the wall;
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- a plurality of fasteners selectively positionable with respect to the plurality of mounting apertures to selectively couple the wall of the adjustable baffle to the front baffle in at least a first position and a second position.
An adjustable baffle for a mower deck, the mower deck including a front baffle that partially defines at least two cutting chambers, the adjustable baffle comprising:
- a first wall selectively coupleable to the front baffle in at least a first position and a second position and having a bottom edge;
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- a flange extending from the bottom edge toward the at least two cutting chambers.
A mower deck securable to a lawnmower for movement over the ground, the lawnmower operable to rotate first and second cutting blades that are rotatably supported by first and spindles for rotation in a plane that is substantially parallel to the ground, each cutting blade defining a cutting circle as the cutting blade rotates, the mower deck comprising:
- a top wall;
- a rear baffle extending from a rearward portion of the top wall toward the ground proximate the cutting circles;
- a front baffle extending from a forward portion of the top wall toward the ground and cooperating with the rear baffle to at least partially define cutting chambers;
- an adjustable baffle mounted on the front baffle and moveable with respect to the top wall between a first position and a second position to adjust a height of the baffle above the ground, the adjustable baffle including a flange spaced from the top wall and extending into the cutting chambers toward the cutting circles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.